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5 Quick Reads for Product People

Here are some quick reads for product people that you may or may not want to read on your vacation.

Enjoy!

Kent J. McDonald
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I have a bad feeling about this…

If you’ve ever been asked “Why is this on the roadmap?” you know how uncomfortable it can be to explain bad ideas that get on your roadmap. How do you get to that point where you have caveats against multiple items on the product roadmap – and more importantly what do you do to mitigate it?

I’m not so sure… and that’s ok.

Accepting uncertainty is a recurring theme when it comes to Agile and agility. While it’s never stated outright as a “value” in either the Agile Manifesto or the Twelve Principles of Agile, the concept itself underlies many of the points made in those documents. Agile accepts that we don’t always know everything, and that new information will not only be discovered, but might alter the path. Here are a few specific reasons why accepting uncertainty is essential for teams to be successful.

And Data wants to be human…

In Product Management, the most important things are to be able to work with your team and understand who you are building for and why. How do you get to know your customers? And how do you develop the ability to communicate with everyone? The key is building up your skillset as much as possible. Here are five good reasons to add data to your skillset.

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